Career
Name
Dr. Akinwumi Fajola
Occupation
Country Health Manager (CHM), Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited
Nationality
Nigerian
Active Years
Career
Akinwumi Fajola is a passionate advocate for sustainable renewable energy solutions and net-zero emissions from fossil fuels. He led the Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN) Clean Cookstove Initiative, a Shell Social Investment program, where he successfully delivered the SCiN cookstove plan. He also headed Shell’s delegation at the World Bank African Consultative Initiative (ACCI) forum in Accra, which brought together over 100 renewable energy development experts and contributed to the formation of the ACCI framework.
Working in collaboration with civil society organizations and external stakeholders, he played a pivotal role in launching the Clean Cookstove Nigerian Alliance, providing both momentum and structure to SCiN’s clean energy initiatives. Fajola also led the execution of the first Shell Clean Cookstove Awareness and Exhibition Day, an event that created a dynamic platform for community engagement, business networking, and exposure for local and international clean cookstove manufacturers and entrepreneurs.
Below are additional highlights of his previous involvements:
2007-2008
He co-led the $2.2M Niger Delta HIV/AIDs response project (NIDAR), sponsored and catalyzed by Shell and delivered in partnership with Communities and FHI 360 between 2007 to 2008
which then transited to NiDAR plus 2008-2011 that delivered HIV care treatment and support services (PMTCT/HAART) to primary health care facilities in rural communities in 4 states of the Niger Delta.
2010
He co-led the Shell team in support of the national Ebola response in Rivers & Lagos state’s and serves as a member of the Emergency Operations Center (response and preparedness) in Rivers state.
2019
He led Shell Nigeria's (SNEPCo) private sector support and donation of a state of the art Cancer Care LINAC Radiotherapy Machine including its bunker to the National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria, which provided high end radiotherapy services to cancer patients and reduced treatment time, including costs of care ( including to indigent patients) for the Management of Cancer treatment cycles.
2020
He led Shell’s external COVID-19 (private sector) response in Nigeria, coordinating and collaborating with key stakeholders like the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Federal Ministry of Health, State governments and other partners, aiding the activation of 9 state COVID molecular laboratories in-country and improving testing capacity and efficiency
2021
He served as a member on the special committee on health - commissioned by former President Olusegun Obasanjos’ Centre for Human Security, that produced the document on “A new dawn for the Health Sector in Nigeria"
2022
He was inaugurated on the 15 member executive committee of Nigeria’s Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) for the management and oversight of Global Fund grants ($1billion: 2024-2026 cycle) for Nigeria’s health system for impact. He presently serve as the 2nd Vice Chairman of Nigeria’s CCM.
2023
In January 2023 He was honored to deliver the Isaac Ladipo Oluwole keynote lecture (address) at the 39th National General Meeting and Scientific conference of the Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria. In October of the same year, Akinwumi Fajola delivered the key note at the Nigeria Medical Associations (Rivers state Branch) Physicians week. He also delivered the inaugural address at the opening of the World Bank funded Africa Centre of Excellence in Public Health and Toxicological Research (PUTOR) at the University of Port Harcourt and serves as member of the academic advisory board. He is also a board advisory member of the Nigerian Business Coalition against AIDS and the HIV/AIDS Trust Fund of Nigeria ( non profit private sector led support by Access Bank, Shell (SPDC JV), Dangote foundation, Total, Julius Berger plc amongst others)
